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By Kingsley Eghagha (Politics Reporter, in Abuja)

Leading opposition group, the Labour Party, has clarified that the Guidelines of the party for the Edo State Governorship Primaries released recently as approved by its National leadership, is in line with the party's Constitution, the Electoral Act and the 1999 Constitution.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Former governorship candidate of the Young People's Party (YPP) and first runner up in the 2023 governorship election in Akwa Ibom state, Senator Bassey Albert Akpan and his running mate, Mr Amba, have dumped the YPP for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The budding Young Progressives Party (YPP), which pulled a huge upset in Akwa Ibom during the 2023 general elections has folded up and its structures across the State have joined the All Progressives Congress, APC, in a rare demonstration of solidarity to the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio.

By Cosmas Enahoro (Edo State Correspondent, in Benin City)

The Edo State chapter of Labour Party has disclaimed a purported guidelines and time table for the Edo governorship primary of the party issued by one Dr Abayomi Arabambi which is being circulated by a section of the media.

By Tessy Daminabo (Bureau Chief South South, in Port Harcourt)

Key members of governor Siminilaye Fubara's camp in the festering political crisis in Rivers State, South South, Nigeria, have expressed profound displeasure with the terms of settlement of the rift between the governor and his erstwhile political godfather and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.

A leader of the All Progressives Congress [APC] in Eket Senatorial District of Akwa-Ibom State and spokesperson to the Senate President, Hon Eseme Eyiboh, has shifted the onus to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] to prove that Sir Etekamba Umoren is a card-carrying member of the APC.